Tubular-magazine automatic gun.



No. 874,856. PATENTED DEC. 24. 1907. w. MASON.

TUBULAR MAGAZINE AUTOMATIC GUNk APPLICATION. FILED PEB.18, 1907.

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TUBULAR MAGAZINE AUTOMATIC GUN.

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TUBULAR MAGAZINE AUTOMATIC GUN.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 18, 1907.

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' PATENTED DEC. 24. 1907.

No. 874,856. W. MASON.

TUBULAR'MAGAZINB AUTOMATIC GUN.

APYLIUATION FILED FEB 18, 1907.

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w. MPASONQ- TUBULAR MAGAZINE AUTOMATIC GUN.

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PATENTED DEO .-24, 1907 w. MASON. TUBULAR MAGAZINE AUTOMATIC GUN.

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A y W i [2 1 f g ha? No. 874,856. PATBNTED DEC. 24, 1907.

W. MASON. TUBULAR MAGAZINE AUTOMATIC GUN.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 18, 1907.

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PATENTED DEC. 24, 1907.

W. MASON.

TUBULAR MAGAZINE AUTOMATIC GUN.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 18, 1907.

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mom STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WlLLIAN MASON. 01" NEW HAVEN, CONNEG'IICUT, ASSIGNOR TO \V'IFGIIES'ITER REPEATING ARMS 00., OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, A. CORPORATION.

TUBULAR-MAGAZINE AUTOMATIC GUN.

Speciiication of Letters Patent Patentedpec. 24, 1967.

Application filed Fehmar" 13.1907- Serial No. $306,111.

13 5:. known that I, WIL'LLii-i Meson, a. cirhaon oi the l mited States, residing at New 'l-l'nvr-n, in the you nty of New Haven and State of ()Il!'R:Ci-i(.-hll'-, have invented a new and useful Improvenw nt. .in Tlubular-Magazine Automatic Guns; and I do herelrv (leicl'nre the follmving, when taken in connection Willi the arr-Sonipenyingdrawings and the letters oi TQfB I'G-XIL oer-lied thereon, tobe a full, ole-er, undone. .t description of the same, and which, sold drawings constitute port of this specification, and represent; in-

Figure 1. a. broken view in side elevation of s. gun mnstru'eted in aer-ordz'inee with my invention and showing the nuiinportion of the receiver. Fig. 2 a correspmiding View with the 'barrel a-nd-f'orea l .rtnnovedlfrom the front endmf theereee 1 n5: when the gunis taken down. Fig. 3a broken x-"ieW in right hand side elevation of the barrel and forea-rni detached from the receiver; a portion of the forearm. being broken? a-wn -to show the connection between tbe l'iarrel and the magazine and. some related; parts. Fig." 4 a broken view in vortieal longitudinal section of the gun, sl1owing..-tlie barrel, barrel-eximlsion and ln'eL-oh-block at the limit of their reeoilvd positions. Fig. 5 a done-spending view showing the gun closed witlrthe parts as positioned at the moineiit of firing, the lower purl-ion of the figure being an extension of the forward end of the Upper portion of the figure. Fig. 6 a broken View of the gun in vertical longitudinal -section with the parts in position for firing, and showing in :nrtieuler the construction of the breechirlock and locking-slide which are represented in soot-ion. Fig. 7 a. broken view of the gun in horizontal section on an irregular ,line passing: beneath the breec-li-bloek, the

parts being: in the sa ine position as in Fig. Fig. 5 21 broken view in liorizontahsectnm through the center of the breech-blockwith a portion of the block broken away to expose the looking-slide iat-c-lr- Fig.- 9 a. broken view of the gun in horizmital section on the line a.-b of F1;:. 1 l. Fig. 9 a. detached plan view of the trigger-weird. showing in par- 18 fa. .ljro ken lview in horizontal 'With :thef." parts .as shown in F 1g;

block in central vertical longitudinal era of Fig. 5. Fig. 12 a. view in transverse secof the grin iii ;v the gun Being e the.

carrier e:

breeolbb lo'qli and liowing the r p same position "as in the precedin Fig. -17 t broke view in vertiealg'lon nal seet-i'on showin the carrier in its e i lreeh-block 1nd I artridge upon th into tire ehamber. 1n,='the gunfbarrej taken niinedietlydielow the breed Fig. lQfliidQtflC-llfid plan view ofi thef I "eh n liloel 'en' i tlieniannal operatingslidi with they la ttq r in position to operate tli' f Fig. 20 5a detailfseetional view Show; locking of the "trigger by the 1-rigg"' Fig. 21 :i. ile'tnphed view of the Te vert'iml longitudinal section; look ng left' 'to; right, and drown ns strippe parts. Fig.2! a ('-\)i'ies1)on(ling \'ieW reqeiver, looking from right to lef i1 ngiletnehed riewiirright hand-e1 v the brown-block. Fig. 24 a i ie hr eeh-hlm-h infront elevation;

.QW lug. 27 1. view of merry;

Fig. 28 a detached view'in right h'anil elevation of the barrel-extension." -=F' view t 'iereoi' in frontelevntion. Fig, view thereof in rear elevation. Fig. 3 verse plan view thereof. Fig. 32 3. thereof in vertical central longitudin tion looking from right? to left. Fig. 3- edet-nehedplen view of tl'ie loeking-slid 34 aview thereof in riq'ht hand side, levetion. Fig. 35 a view thereof in rear elevation. Big. 36 a detached view in vertical longitudinal ser-l'ionof the 'breeeh loek. Fig. 37 a. View thereof in front elevation. Fig. 38' a (.lO-i-SLCllGt'l broken view in right hand side elevation of the ba rrel. Fig. 3991 View.

thereof in vertical section on the line ll of Fig. 3b. and showinp the guide-fork in root elevatirim. Fig. 4.09. detached view in horizontal section of the magazine takedown head. Fig. 41 it view thereof" in right hand side elevation. Fig. 42 a view thereof in rear elevaticm Fig. e3 :1. view thereof in front elevation. Figl a detached view in side elevation of the boiler abutment nut. Fig. 45 u viewthereof in front elevation. Fig; 46 s detached view in side elevation of the swinging magazine lock; Fig. 47 a reverse plan viewthereol. Fig. 48 a detached view in Sl(l6"0lGVl-tl0I1-.Of the barrel guide -slceve. igj 49 :rv'iew thereof in front ele vet-ion. Fig. 50 a detached view in side elevation of the barrel guide sleeve latch. Fig. 51 a detached view 1n SiddGlOVtltlOn Uf the manual opera-ting slide. Fig. 52 a view sideelevation.- Fig. 57 a detached view in side elevation of the-"locking sli'de levcr.-

Fig. 58' a vieiv-in front'elevetionthereof. Fig. 59 a detached view i]1 siClB-B]BV3-fii01l0f thclocking-slide latch. ',=Fig. 60 a plan view o thereof.

in vertical transverse section onthe line 0]') of Fig. 21.

the trigger. Fig. 64 a View thereof in side elevation. Fig. 65 a detached planview of the sear. Fig. (36 a viewnther'eof in right hand side elevation. 67 a rear-end; view thereof. Fig. 68 a detached, lan viewi of the ieft hand cartridge-stop. 'ig. 69 u vim tl'lere'of in side" elevation. Fig. 704;. view the-reofun front elevation with the spring in: section; Jiig. 71 a de'tacl 1 ed plan thereof-in right-hand sideelevatioriq Fig.

73 a detached view in. rear elevation of the timing-lever fly. Fig. 74's. view thereof in side-elevation. Fig. 75 a detached view. in'

side elevation of the manual operating slide plunger; Fig--76 a detached-view in side.- clevatiomof,;tl 1ei berr ehentension'ston Fig.{ 77 a new. thereof n-front elevatlon. Fig. 78

21- detachod view .in mm; elevation of the ejector: Fig. 7 9 a vicwjthereof in right hand side elevation. 'Fig.. .80 az view thereof in v1ew in rear elevation -of the trigger-lock. Fig. 82 an end vicwpf the trigger lock trunnion. Fig'l. 83 I a Iviow of. the 1 trigicr-lock trunnion on the line 1 of Fig. 81. v

My invention, re ates to an improved convenience and .sefet-j constructed with 65...]3articula1:reference to adapting the; gun to,

thereof in rear clevationj Fig. .53 a detached Fig. 56 a. view thereof in- Fig. 61 sr view'in front elevation of the receiver. Fig. 62 a new of the receiver.

Fig. 63 a detached plan view. of

left hand side elcvatio'n. I!i g..'81 a detached he tnkcn dorm and set. up without the use of tools at the pleilsure ol' the owner, to inshre :1 positive lin'lin of the forward movemcnt oi the lneccli-lilock dependent upon the compiete feeding of a cartridge from the nmgnzinc into posit-ion upon the carrier, to ell'e ot a closer timing of the objection of the spent shell and to provide improved means for operating the arm manually.

lVith these and other objects in-view, as will hereinafter appeal-13m invention consists in 'a gun having certain details of construction and combinations of parts as will the claims.

In carrying .out my invention asvherein shown, I employ n barrel 2, (Figs. having its butt end threaded for bein be hereinafter described and pointed out in screwed into a correspondingly threadec so. porting stake-down or hearingsleev'e G (Figs. 4849) a trifle largerin internaldiameter than the tubular inaga zine 7 over over which it rides back and forthasthe bcrrel moves back and forth, whereby the barrel is both an ported and guided on the recoil and on 1; 1e recovery by the .megazinc which 'is. provided at. its rear end withn. takc-doum head 8' removably. connectedwith the front end of" the receiver 9: (Figs.

21,122, 61, 622) so as to be readily detached; I therefrom in taking down the gunv and as readily attached thereto in :issemblingthe gun. For this purpose the said takc-down head..8 is formed. upon its-opposite sides withvertieel lockingribs, 10 which arcinterlociied with corresponding locking ribs? .11 (Figs. 2122-) in'the right and left hand side walls of a magazine-opening 12 formed.

in the lower portion of the front end of the receiver and opening directly downward,

ing it .locking lip 16 enteringa locking notch; v17 (F g. 61) in the center of the lower end of the iront'l'rwc of the receiver 9 when the s ring handle 18 of the lock is in line Witht )6 magazine at. which time the bowedto permit the magazine .take down head 8 to be introduced into it from below by an llfi To secure fie finger-piece'lt), which forms an extension ofthe handle 18,. is in engagement with the lower face of the. force-rm 20 to 'whichthe' nished at its forward'end with erases v as said finger-piece conforms in. curvature, whereby the handle is held in its locked position. To unlock the head. 8 from the receiver 9 preparatory to taking down the gun the finger-piece 19 is pushed laterally with sufficient force to spring the handle 18 and so disengage the finger-piece 19 from the forearm after which the lock is swung a quarter turn so as to clear its lip 16 from the lockingrnotch 17 by the presentation thereto of the flat face 21 of the lock. The head 8 and the magazine and other connected parts will now drop down away from the receiver. To replace them the lock must be turned into its take-down or open position and the head 8 lifted in the openmg 12 until the lip 16 is brought into the plane of the locking-notch 17 after which the lock is swung back through a quarter turn into its locked position to reach which its finger-piece 19 must be sprung over the curved lower edge of the forearm 2Q.

The barrel-guide sleeve 6 aforesaid is adapted in external diameter to fit into the barreluide fork 5 intowhich it is intro-- duced aterally at the rear and; pushed forward into its home position; being furnished at its rear end with" a flange 22 which bears against the rear face of the fork the arms of which are formed at their ends (Fig. 39) with flat faces 23 which coact with corresponding flat faces 24 (Fig. 48) upon the opposite sides of the sleeve and prevent the same from rotating. The opening of the fork is narrower than the diameter of the sleeve, which cannot therefore be lifted into the fork or pulled down out of the fork, but must be inserted into and removed therefrom at the rear end thereof by a horizontal movement as explained.

Normally the sleeve 6.. is kept in place in the fork 5 whereby the barrel 2 is connected with the magazine 7, by means of the barrelclosing spring 25 which encircles the rear portion of the magazine, its forward end abutting against the rear face of the flange '22 of the sleeve 6, while its rear end abuts against the forward face of the flange 26 of the take-downhead 8. For the pur use of withdrawing the sleeve 6 from the for 5 preparatory to taking the gun down, I employ a arrel-guide sleeve latch 27 (Fig. 50) fura threaded stem 28 drawn into place by means of an internally and externally threaded ferrule 29 mounted in the forward end of the forearm 20. At its rear end the latch 27 has a finger-- piece 30 projecting downward through an opening 31 1n the forearm and formed at its rear upper corner with a nose 32 adapted to take into a notch 33 in the lower face of the sleeve 6 when the finger-piece is pressed inward by springing the latch. To take the gun down, the barrel 2 is manually pushed sleeve 6 as shown in Fig. 3, leaving zine 1n the fork. Now as the in smaller in dlameter than the open or the fork; the magazine may be dra n down away from the fork and therefore from the barrel. the take-down head havni" ironouslv been unlocked from the receiver 9 enplained. Themagazine and the forearm 20 and the parts connected therewith having been disconnected from the gun, thev barrel 2 is unscrewed froin the barrel-extension a with the aid of the fork 5; which now becomes in effect handle for use in unscrewing the barrel. 9

In assembling the gun the barrel is screwed into the barrehextension a after which the magazine tal e 'l wn head 8 is lifted into position. in the receiver 0 and f locked therein by the latch The barrel 2? and magazine 7 will now be related as shou' n in Fig. 3. manually pushed backngainst the tension of the spring 34 until the sleevefi can be readily disengaged from the nose 32 of the latch 27 which then springs back into its retired.

position,permitting the barrehciosing spring 25 to push the sleeve '6 forward into the fork 5 in which it will thereafter be retained by the spring 25. der my construction a recoiling.barrel, tubular magazine automatic gun may, without the use of any tools, be taken down and put together by the owner at his pleasure. As shown the barrel has a continuous thread, but this may be rerflaced by sectional threads if desired, or any other means of securing the barrel to the barrel extension maybe used.

To absorb the shoclgof stopping the barrel at the limit of its forward JIlOVGUlGUt, I amploy an annular buffer 35 of vulcanized fiber or equivalent material, mounted upon the magazine at a point directlyin front of the i guide fork 5 the forward edge of which impmges against the rear face of the buffer WhlCll is held in place by an abutment nut To recouole them the barrel It will thus be seen that .un-'

36 mounted upon the magazine, which is threaded for the purpose, and formed with a he series of eriplieral notches 37 receiving a threaded coking in in the left lnindside of the forearm, (l 7) whereby the nut is held in any desired position of adjustment with respect to the buffer.

A recess 39 (Fig. 43) in the front face of the flange 26 of the magazine take-down head 8 receives the rear end of the forearm 20. Two forwardly projecting studs 4.0 (Fig. 9-13) rigidly mounted in the said flange are ii; i iliQiYTf'IL"Wi I iihc aims 66 of theirimnions 65 bear against tioii Uil'iding nutif! on 1' :9 ti 68 :mshown iii-"Fig; "This; posh in the innor waiis'i ii the '0 ii in is kopt iu'n'ii jusi h forotilohiookroabims; also Fm-mod with holes -13 foiflbhu yea-option 0i i the limit .fits,iron'l'wyzijli'l mujz'u'rsioninvrecoib 5 the studs Ml. in sob-min the, :Eofomrrn in ing Whom tiio'ifp' 'ioi" mid oi" the lever Lmgagsi 70 place it back UVM' Hie sturlfi 4.0 ii'ifi ii is with the i no (3%) w in thorooeivi' 9. Tho Tom and is {oily matured into the 1EOmK'OEI SG-ESI iQ I combiner reorivnro 'uii'immwnt of theiniook at, wi'iiuii time the tiii'um lod :iijirwiwl, ends o CHMSGJJIU v to Mike the position tho studs will projou'ix inti'n the 1'- ass slim 15, 1 310 lc'wfi' 'rookirig; las it v The n L1H; -11 mallow zi' 'qvl'iod and'Lu'n' mjlu WOTQ, 11 (in (i Mii'igsififii (Io b ring tho Pa 7'5 "01m studs until Hwy are brough}; t-o 1" h i (137 of i fruil'nions' no jliea-i'ingiipon boa-ring upon irhe rem" wallsof flu: ssuici iii--- 'Lhmn. i this iinni tl'i'ri ing movomoiit of." e at, which tune the forearm 2f) wiii. be i luv 1m 6f kiwi; oli'ucbs the i'utm f on of the fgii'iiy sieoui'ocito t t: lie-down hei'ui S. 'i sii iews ith iitfispeot to thy hiooc-li biook, and 15 The umguzine 7 provided wiiii tho usmii the. omis oqiuout t ijn'ning of the hl'oocl i-ioc-ik 8U .mmgiizii'io sprin not simwn, and followei' int lhOfiS 11311061 :11 positioi'i, wi'iich tho amt-ridges 44% {W9 pusi'ioii. out of ii... 110m omji. v 3

i Thehiwoi:hJ Iook 46) movedioir vsfrii.info i iisolosod positio 'i ,1 Mink 70 having its for wnid e jii'vi llz ili swlil'-il by tiho piu li k 1 the IT mi. Ur -11 luo'kiug iid' GliVm." J in. which it moves i'r rmk and forth 1 17mm mid 0,1.)linlifiili i to E1. plm 172 iii aft guidod by its guide ribs" M; which tziko'i zifio 73 iouai'iiin thoimia Lock Mil-111110011? hi" small-lock a? :md so looking: the breedisiol as befonf, de-

:50 bmuoh-biocli 49 together fl'm barrel 53:13pm sion is hn'nisheci at opposite points in its Sigh walls with 'vaitical hacking-rev {1 which recvivo the opposite ends of a 'otmy"breechl iock 41E) ims mm w shed] forward into ts 10 ck52 (11 i 36--37 iooiiited in slot 52:3 in \iuily dosed po s-inf 1, 1 uplny a 10016.11.

the breech flock, the fOfi'WmTIi 0nd. of the look slide h tch (P k430 hung on. a pill i flfl vl ning made in the form of a large filn'oadml I trm'mion 54E entering a com-vs Minding threzicb lad bolt 55 leading (m1; of the fin vzmi 9nd of therccos a 53. Tiusaid iouk jo also {owned it with a ioiigit ldi 'mi More M5 for tho inception of the fUTtXTfl-l'kiflld of a, iongritudiimliy mow stmit eflortionn, its mm: d rear mulim minim; iooiiiiigysiidv 5? (Figs. FH SS) im vinil 1iii misoil wi 1 U iii-M111; 1. of Spiral tin'm'lcis 5S hiking into sgli'xn'i 5411 1v the llvpv' ml ingj zn'i i Sl m the siidii Tish [kirg i -bl nk. A gpi'ing 78 located in i. pool f wairdbiid of the sz ig the in l ft-1 l" iii rs iioiti h r i moniwit}.

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i115; 'i\ o 1:23.111 66, 5? reiqwc-tiviciy yozwtingz; with i Wings; :18 (iiigrilfi) iii emuame It 211, mail-of ,t; '1" M tiio biioooh-blocii. W .011 the. gun dosed pendin arm 151 of Limbi'l xii-block.

crease positively prevent the carrier 84 from being lifted into its cartridge-delivering position until a cartridge has been fully and properly located upon it, whereby the .j aminiing of the gun by half fed or improperly fed cartridges .is wholly avoided.

I 'With this end in .view thesaid lever is formed on its right hand side with a long arm 92 the forward end ofwhich constitutes a finger 93 the lower edge I of Wl1iCl1 rests directly upon the upper edge of move into final position upon the carrier 84 whereby the rear end of the stop 1s gradually the rear end of the right hand cartridge stop 94 (Figs. 56) which is located in a long shallow recess 95 in the right hand wall. of the receiver and furnished with an operating spring 96 which constantly tends to push the extreme rear end of the stop inward under the said'iinger 93 of the timing-lever. Ordi- -narily cartridge-stops are hung on vertical pivot pins mounted in the receiver. I dispense with the use of such pins, improving the'exterior appearance oi the receiver and obviating the necessity of making its side" walls heavy enough for their reception. In place of such a pin I employ a plate 97 se cured to the outer face of the stop 94. by a screw 98 and having a curved groove 99 formed in its rear edge for the reception of the rounded edge 100 of the rear wall oi'the 0 ening 101 formed. in the right hand side l of the receiver for the reception of the plate 9? which is just enough shorter than the slot to permit it-to swing slightly upon its rear end as upon a center. The extreme forward end 102 of the stopfunctions as a cartridge-stop in the usual manner. Upon its inner face at a point to the rear of its center, the stop is.

formed with-a cam-like face 103 which is engaged by the heads of the cartridges as they pressed outward. Just as the cartridge takes its final position upon the carrier the rear end of tliestop s moved out from under "the'low'er edge of the fin er 93 of the timing- .ever which is thus free and in turn elevate the carrier through the downward pressure-that its short ar1n88 exerts upon the too 87 thereof. The depression of the tin] ing-lever and the elevation of the carrier will never take place, as appears from the foregoing exceptwhen a cartrid e has been completely fed upon the carrier or the reason that nothing but the complete rearto be depressed.

ward movement ol a cartridge upon the can .rier will effect the disengagoniont of the fin-- gei- 98 of the tiniing levcr from the rear end of the stop.

The tin] in g-lever 89 is positively depres id when freed above described, by mean. of a timing-ha er fly 10 1 (Figs. 7 3*74) in a ro 105 in the outeri'ace of its arm 92 which has a hole 106 for the trunnion 107 of the fly. A spring 108 in the recess .105 enters a notch 100 in the trunnion 107 and exerts a constant eifort to swing the fly forward for the engag'ement of its forward edge with the forward wall of the recess 1.05 at the oint- 110, the said wall forming a stop-shou der, as it were, for the fly which extends upward in. position to enter a slot 111 in the lower face of the breech-block which is constantly urged forward by the spring As long, however, as the rear end of the cartridge-stop 94 holds up the long arm 92 of the, timing lever 89, the fly 104 will prevent the breech-block from being moved forward. But when the lever is released by the stop as described, the breech block moves forward and through the fly positively crowds down the timing-lever which in turn. elevates the carrier which lifts the cartridge in front of the block which pushes'it into the barrel. W'hat I particu larly wish to call attention to is that throu h 'the medium of the timing-lever fly 104 t 1e timing-lever 89 positively prevents the breech-bloch from starting forward until a cartridge has been. fully fed upon the carrier. In other words, the breech-block will never start forward and jam a partly fed cartridge because the block is not released for moving forward except when a cartridge has been fully fed onto the carrier, whereby the jann ming of the gun by improperly or partly fed cartridges is wholly prevented. When the breech-block moves back into its open posi* tion, the fly 10 i yields and permits the'bloclr to ride over it without any effect upon the timing-lever.

To delay the feeding of a cartridge from tlie magazine until after the'barrel and barrel-extension have been moved forward as far as they will go by the spring 25, I employ a left hand cartridgestop 1152 (Figs. 68-69- 115 70) located in .a recess 1113 '(Fig-. 2-2) in the inner face of the left handiside wall of the receiver and furnished witha spring 114.. A plate 115 secured to the stop by a. screw 116 has its front edge formed. with a groove 117 12m receiving the correspondingly rounded rear wall 1 18 of an opening 119 formed in the left hand wall of the receiver for the reception of the said plate and. made enough longer than the plate to permit the same to swing upon the curved edge 117 as upon a center. In

this respect thestop 112 is like the stop94. The nose 112 at the forward end of the step 112 which stops the cartridgesfrom being fed rearward upon the carrier, is itself engaged lily it shoulder 120 at the rear end of a. elot 12]. inthe left hand. side of the herrel-extonei" o 4. When the lmnrel-oxtonaion is at the ii; t 02 its forward movement the said. shoulder 120 retires the nose 112 and. perluits a, cartridge lo-he focl out of the magazine on to the aim riot, Now when the berrehext-elisioii l romils with the'bztrrel the shoulder 120 moves away from the nose M2 whieh immediate/1 @Qi'i'iiigg inward and catches the cartridge oi tel it hes-been partially fed. and holds it duri the entire rearward-movonient of the l. i'eh'exteh'sioii enil din'ing the subsequent forward movement thereof until the barrel- BTISlOI'l lIEt'S almost reached its forward =positinwhen the shoulder 1230 again en -ge es with the nose 112* and pushes-the some out of the Way and allows the partly fed tort-ridge. to be fully fQl'l. upon the our we trilge-ourriet.

"it oertriclge Upon the carrier until the barrel andbarrel-extension have .i'ocoiled and 1'6- '.to their nominal positions. The

tumecl lJI-ieeohlook-i3 left looked at the limit of its aid exeui sion as elre'erl y' described, m1 1 itis released foipusliing l'ilie oorti'i lge into-the barrel-by the action of the cartridge i In. orderto preventa cartridge from being tedbut of the magazinewvhen the gun is riclosecl, et Whichwime the right hand oarl '112 are retired, i 'I utilize an ejector 122, -isfi lll igsifih- SOl having a. heavy trunnion. 123 A amt-mounted, ill-the 'lol'wanl end of the hreeoh-l.Jlook-, the trunnion being flattenedfas at 12% for engagement by enejeotor spring f 125 me reoe s 126 in'the right l'iencl side of 4n tlibfeeeli-blook. The ejootor hes zit-0e 127 Qtvhioh not only ejeots the spent shells thi o'u 'h the. top of'the gun lnxtalso acts as &

ear'tl'h ge -stop when the gun closed and the stops'll l aiml 1.12 are retired the said too ex- 5 tending 'Clow'nwaril and. forward at this: time it into position to e liege with the reermost out-ridge in the. :nmgztzii e. The ejector is "formed upon Y Teefend of o slo t 1 ell. by a SllOlll'dl-b'f-IZQ at the 30 in tho-inner fee-e of the i ,This

R tioh: i llwl-seiil color. 2;: is'looaated syn}; rnetfically"betweenJnvo pivotal spriJ' g-eotuateol' horizontally arranged "hoot extractors 1"7'Z#-178ii lsomounted .lll thelront end of "the breeolvlaloole. These extrg otoi's are en g'n oil l liltllil llfi lead oftho spe 't shell-:12; the; time the; pivotal;ejootoipstti the lower 'l .06 Oflil'll -ome: mul'sei'vo-topiuvent the shell front Wing to oi e ei linol the other 'Wllfl'll' it low s4 strnek, wl'iemhyutheshell jg ,hioh (loos footeot to unlock the block u ntil' tiidgo stop and the left hand cartridge stop 5 left hand sii'le with a. short left-hand side ol the lieriial-oxtei sion 4-, just;

I upward out of the magazine.

' This trigger look the sear moves vitli it for the re-aeon' guided, as it mate, in being thrown directly gun.

1]] will be seen from the foregoing that w rearward excursion the right l'mrnrl cartridge stop 94 prevents the feeding of a onrtridge li'omtlle mzil-gozitie (Fig. 16)---that when the blookmnl the barrelmxtension are both at the limit of their rearward excursion, the left hand stop 1J2 preventsn cartridge l eing for] from the nmgaizine (Fig. 18) and that when the l)HIIl-X[(*31Sl0tl and the are both in their nori'nal positions or at the limit of their forward movement, the ejector pre- Vents a cartridge from beingfeil frolyi the The locking slide 57 firing pin 13?. encircled by ()PGITLtt'Cl by a hammer 133 l 134 in. the trigger-guard 91, by a link 1355 with the hemmewspring 136, The hammer has a cook-no 'stopehoulder 138 which liltllQfPiP-VllfS the hammer from beii g thrown.

spring 136 when the gun is take-11 town. Both the notch 137 and the shoulder 13S ooaot with a sem 139 hung upon the pivotpin 1400f the t rigger la l (Figs. 63---64). The rear end oftheseei consists of a} laterally flexible 31111142 terminating-iii a. in; 148 extending to the llglIlZ armlliawing itszu face formed with ahevel 144. v The said min 142 lies in a long opening H5 folfllled in the has a passage for a a spring 132 and trigger and Wide enough to Pll'lflll? the TG-,,

IP11 the hreooh'hlook is at the limit of its V 11mg on a "pivot and connected 1 tel;- 137 and a fol ivai'gl l.) the quired lateral llezcure of the arm the lug 1'43.

of which extends just beyond a shoulder 146- formezl. on the upper i'eoe of the trigger. "Directly above the l lug 143 I locate a triggeT-loel; i477 (F1; tll---82-83) i a hole 7 148 in the right heml lies a finger lever 149 and is ll a. com or oevel 75D. and with a h 151. 'ihe is oiklfstop is also formed with a circumferential groove 15.2 which letter adapts the stop to he set intooU-sghalped slot 153 in the triggei g'uard, the reduced ,H)I"l3ll ll or nook thuslormed having two flatfooes: 154 old 155 Wh'iohby their engagement with the opposite vertical walls of the slot 153 limit the rotation of the stop by the fingmylover 149 to an giro of 90 (l gre s-s. l vlien the trigger 141] is pulled and (l, against. the tension of its sprin% "156,

at as the lug M3 on tlie latci'olly flexible arm 142 of. the 1': at this time resting upon the tight hand, side of the trigger at the joint 1.57, as seen in Fig. (33' tlieseiu' must he lifted as the trigger ispulled. Nm us the trigger and ever are lifted together, lye/vol l l l of the ll g 143 engogeswith the bevel 150 of the fiTlgDOIFHl-Up,fWl'lBIflOlYY the arm 142 will he .pmilly sprung laterally from right to left l iiltnnately (lisengoged from the trigger wall of the reoeiver.

but this will not take place until the nose of the sear is disengaged from the cock'notch 137 of the hammer. The trigger being then entirely disengaged from the sear, moves up ward. independent thereof to the limit of its upward movement. It is apparent, however, that the gun cannot be fired again until the trigger has been released and allowed to move downward and forward so as to permit the arm 142 of the sear to snap back over it again, for otherwise the pol ling of the trigger will have no effect on the sear. When the triggenlock is in its normal position, the shoulder M6 of the trigger rises into the trigger'clearance notch 151. ever, the trigger lock is turned forward by its linger-lever 149. the slot 151 will be carried out of registration with the shoulder 146 which will collide with the inner end of the lock and thus obstruct the action of the trigger, as 'hown in Fig. 20.

gun, l employ an operating slide 158 (Figs.

L-5152) circular in cross-section and located in a bore-like chamber 159 in the right hand wall of the receiver. This slide also turns on its longitudinal. axis through about 90 degrees and is furnished at its rear end with a handle 160 which normally hugs the side of the receiver as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. At

its forward end the slide terminates in a bevel 161 for coaction with a bevel 162 at the rear end of a plunger 163 (Fig. 75) in the forward end of the said chamber 159 and formed with a shallow recess 164 receiving a stop pin 165. At its forward end the plungel 163 has a stem 166 encircled by a coiled spring 167 tending to push the plunger rearward and hearing rt its forward end in a spring-abutment 16S'(Figs. 76-77) he'ld'i'n place-by a binding screw 159 and having at I its forward end an inwardly projecting stopstem 166 of the finger 17 0 entering, a recess 171 (lfiigs.21--61) in the righthand side or the front race of the receiver .9- and projecting su'lhciently-inward The 'barrel -exten'sion with the breech block and its attached parts are then free to be withdrawn from the receiver.

Near its f orward end the slide is furnished with aninwardly projecting lug 172 which normally lies in a recess 173 in the innerface of the right hand wall of the: receiver, this recess Fo'rthe' purpose of manually operating the lung-er 163 as described.

hand guide-rib'174 of the locking slide 57 as shown in Fig. 19 which shows the handle 160 in its operating position. The handle 161) is TI OW' usedfto draw the locking-slide directly back, mutating the ln'eecl1lock 52 and so unlocking the breech-blockfrom-the barrel-extension. Then when the locking-slide reaches the limit of its movement iiulependent of the breech-block, it acts through the pinfil (Fig.

6) to pick up, as it were, the breecheblockwhich is then drawn hachinto its opcnposit1on, leaving the barrel and bumoi-extension 11']. their normal positions. As the brooch block moves back the breech-block closing spring 34 is compressed and a cartridge-is allowed tomovc rearward. upon the carrier in doingwhich it operates as already described, the right hand cartridge-stop 94 which in turn releases the timing-lever S9 and permits the same to be depressed by the breech-block through the medium of the timing lever fly 104, whereby the short arm 88 of the timinglever o erates upon the too 87 of the carrier 84 to liit the same and hence present the cartridge in front of the breech 'l'ilock which soonF-as the handle 160 is released is moved forward by the breech-block closing spring 34. 'The first cartridge is thus loaded into the barrel. The handle is now turned down into its normal position, turning the slide on its longitudinal axis and reseating the lug 172 in the recessl 73 in the receiver. This restoration of the slide to its normal position is assisted by the action of the spring 167 and the bevels 161 and 162.

In case the user of the arm should forget,-

. rear .end of the right hand rib 50 of the breechblotik is formed with a bevel 175 which will stand in case the handle is left open, directly I .120

in front of the lug 172 the forward edge of which is slightly rounded. Now when the gun is fired, at the very beginning of the recoiling movement of the breech-block the bevel 175 will pass under the lug 1 72 which.

will ride upward, as it were, on the bevel and rotate the slide .153 far enough to throw its bevel 161 oil the center, so to speak, of the bevel 162 and give the spring 167 a chance to complete the rotation'of the slide intoitsnormal position.

As has been explained, the firing of a car- 'tridge'lea'ves the lJr'eeeh-block'jn'its open peition iuwhichit ieheld byte trei'ngef pa-rts mmprising thetiming -lever-fly 104 the tim- 'i'11g 1evee8E! and xhedight hand cartridge" 'ow i cne'fit is desired t0 let. the;

: laterally sepefeted therefruim.

2! In an eutmnefic: gliq, the eomhih ate-31" "tlrthe re" \iverthereuijef-a receiling barre]. (1 ar're te'xieien, .ewtubulm' magazine. a take down head located. zitmm reel" {mull ma the (jf ei d fedepted" be lcnlQlYiitbly can-:3 nested j with the rec Iver,"a1? dnWmvnrd-ly 11in, ghiflefork glependiiig 'frmrx the bayend u bracii g the 11 mg-azine, a. bearing- 1w l'fie b 1 in the said fork to forn'i'e been an for the mavazi t. M11161 it holds in the ten 1 ah the said ripening moifilted in t6 which" it"is ineerted fmm' rear v clqsil' i sprijiWendii'eling TI-r mating th .ing' theserim'tn the said flange.

filiejxriaigizihe, afbeering asleeve; larger; 11

Tel" and. harrelextegnsipm laterally disconnected 'h'em' the barrel and rep-elven I f 4. In an automatic gun, the combination "with the receiver thereof, of a reeuiling m ml and barrebextensiun, e t-zjgfbuler nmgazine hedztpted. be be dcteclmblyconnected -.with

the receiver, a guide-yoke depending from the barre], a hearing sleeve furthe magazine luuuntmi in; the mid. yoke frpm which. it is let-(rally '1 \lQViLblQ, a beu z'vl Czlosing spring on Mire/ling the neqzizinv :tnd'lwhljng the leevv m plane 111 Huyol-tv, '11 ivvpvurm, 41 1111 at latch.

muuntvd, in the lmfezn-m and :ulz'rptedto he engaged Anthilw isl vovv when. the sp'm'lg 1s ('umprmsvd fur l'n'nun ing 1 1m siec've from thryuke pmpumtn'w'iy to hunt-ally separating thv mugezum ZtIUllHLllftl. y

5. In an. tuitommue gun, the finflilbittiutn with the receiver thereof, of a re mililig haw-- sinn, a tubular .nmgazi11t (tunne i tween v the barrel and megez whereby wheym-Lay be separated. at pleasure, n tnlu-- 1'0 c'dnnerlitoli. in the said h i;.1).u..ba 1'jrei and. magazine, .Whmeby the barrvi is supported upon and guided-by the megezme, a .ta li-e-dmvn heed lneeted. at the rm-r end of the magazine ,1 remevably (vounected with the receiver and 'prpvided at its fLHIWVLId endwith e flangwa 1"0rea'rm@havi11g its reel end applied to the said flange, and binding etude 'InOllJltGdiIIH116 said llfi n 'e :l-ml e11 1tering the leer endflnf t e' forearm? aimi- :71' In awteke-dim'll. gun, the GOlllbiIlatinll therein; a tubule? magazine,- means 200m mustang the barre-1 and magazme, whereb the "barrel vsu ,1 p'0rte":1 'byi; and guided upon the; magazine, a vtivkedow'i head] locet'egi at the :reer' endmf the jnagmzme and 'p'm-ivuied with vertical lockiIfg I ibs' cwectiun with for-med in the side walls corresponding rib 'of' anepe 1 .ng=f0,i"-med in the fol ymrdlend of .-the rmemer torthe-race head, and a magezln e hick 011 of theszjtid for lug lgli ng the in the seid-q pening 1 .8. In enfautomatiexguh the eombnatinn with receiver thereb'f e reef 'liiig berbrbe'el think, a lneki ngslidej therefor, a Total} bree'ehdliek said-slide, and myo'yaiimting 

